Garment-supporter.



E. DE LONG.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION man JUNE 23. 1913.

1,230,685. Patented June 19, 1917.

urrnn STATES rum FFICE.

ELLEN DE LONG, OF CHICAGO, ILLI1\TOIS.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Application filed June 23, 1913. Serial No. 775,290.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLEN DE LONG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in a Garment-Supporter, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to means for engag ing a garment near its edge to. connect the same to some other portion of the clothing to support the garment in position and especially'to the clasp or fastening for engaging the. garment.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, convenient, reliable and comfortable device of the kind described, adapted to secure a positive grip upon the garment without cutting or injuring the fabric and of such form that its use will cause no inconvenience or discomfort to the wearer.

T 0 this end my invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and 'described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings wherein like or similar reference characters indicate like or corresponding parts,

Figure 1 is an elevation of my device showing the same in service.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation with the parts sufi'iciently separated to clearly show the construction.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section taken substantially on line 33 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings for the purpose of illustration I have shown my device as a hosesupporter in which 1 is a strap or band formed of any suitable fabric for attaching my device to a belt or other convenient portion of the clothing. 2 is a member attached near the end of the band 1 by suitable threads or fastenings 33 preferably extending through openings l formed through the body portion of the member. The lower end of the member is formed into a semicircular pocket 5, the outer wall 6 of which lies substantially parallel to'the body portion of the member.- The pocket 5 may be formed in any suitable manner preferably by bending the material of which the member is composed in a die or other suitable forming tool to produce the desired configuration, an opening 7 is also provided through the back of the member 2 and a flexible band 8 is attached to the strap 1 and passes through the opening 7 with its free end engaging a bar 9 upon a movable part 10. The part 10 may be of any suitable form or construction. This part preferably consists however'merely of flat pieces of suitable material with its lower end 11 formed to accurately fit the pocket 5 leaving sufiicient space between'the margin of the part 10 and the wall of the pocket to receive a thickness ofthe garment to which the clasp is to be attached, so that when the part 10 is positioned in the pocket with a thickness of the garment about it, it will firmly engage the garment and rigidly hold the same in position. The bar 9 is so positioned that when the part 10 is in cooperation relative with the part 2 as shown in Fig. 3 tension upon the flexible band 8 will tend to force the end of the part 10'into the pocket 5 and pinch the fabric between the bottom of the pocket and the end of the member 10.

The several parts are so proportioned that in service the pull or weight of the garment will be mainly supported by the band 8 therebyconstantly placing the same in tension and holding the parts firmly interlocked.

In the preferred construction a resilient tongue 12 is also provided upon the member 2 at the end opposite the pocket 5 thetongue 12 projects from the bottom part 2 on the same side as the pocket 5 and is adapted to enter a slot 14: to rigidly maintain the upper portions of the part 10 and member 2 in position. The tongue 12 is also adapted to cooperate with the wall of the slot 14 as a resilient catch to rigidly maintain the part and member in cooperative relation to each other so that in case the tension on the band 8 is relaxed momentarily there will be no tendency for the part to become detached from the member. The tongue 12 also tends to assist in forcing the member 10 toward the bottom of the pocket thereby producing a more uniform tension upon the garment.

In the preferred form the member 2 and part 10 are preferably formed of comparatively thin material so as to avoid any unnecessary projection upon the limb or other portion of the wearer to produce discomfort or lnconvemence.

The size of the clasp is preferably sufficient to engage a comparatively large portion ofthe garment thereby distributing the strain over a comparatively large surface of,

the garment to avoid tearing or other injury to the garment.

Having thus described my improvement it is obvious that various immaterial modifications may be made in my device without departing from the spirit of my invention, hence I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact form or construction shown.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A garment support comprising a substantially flat member having a semicircular end and a laterally projecting wall at the margin of said semi-circular portion arranged to form a pocket at the end of said member, and a semi-circular part adapted to enter said pocket and cooperate with the walls thereof to engage a garment and means for retaining said member and part in cooperating position.

2. A garment support comprising a substantially flat member having a semi-circular end and a laterally projecting wall at the margin of said semicircular portion arranged to form a pocket of substantially uniform width the entire width of said member, and a semi-circular part adapted to enter said pocket and cooperate with the Walls thereof to engage a garment and means for retaining said member and part in cooperating position.

3. A garment support comprising a sub stantially fiat member having a semicircular end and a laterally projecting wall at the margin of said semi-circular portion arranged to form a pocket at the end of said member, and a semi-circular part adapted to enter said pocket and cooperate with the and part in cooperating position.

4L. A garment support comprising a substantially fiat member having a semi-circular end and a laterally projecting wall along the entire margin of said semi-circular portion arranged to form a pocket of substantially uniform Width at one end of said member, and a resilient tongue near the opposite end, and a semi-circular part adapted to enter said pocket and cooperate with the walls thereof to engage a garment, means cooperating with said tongue for. retaining said member and part in cooperating position, and a flexible supporting band extending through said member and engaging said part adapted to normally hold said member and part in cooperating position.

5. A garment support comprising a sub stantially flat member having a semicircular end and a laterally projecting wall at the margin of said semi-circular portion arranged to form a semi-circular pocket the full width of said member, and a semi-circular part adapted to enter said pocket and cooperate with the walls thereof to engage a garment, and a flexible supporting band eX- tending through the central portion of said member and engaging said part intermediate its ends adapted to normally hold said member and part in cooperating position.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELLEN DE LONG.

Witnesses:

BURTON U. Hnms, BLANGHE CHALMERS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, byoaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

